I wonder if the software here: http://morte.jedrea.com/~jedwin/projects/chmlib/ or at any of the links on that page might allow elimination of the need for separately downloading the Microsoft Help compiler -- which is just one more task that one must perform to get up and running to build your own R packages on Windows.
Gabor Grothendieck wrote:> I wonder if the software here: > > http://morte.jedrea.com/~jedwin/projects/chmlib/ > > or at any of the links on that page might allow elimination of the > need for separately downloading the Microsoft Help compiler -- > which is just one more task that one must perform to get > up and running to build your own R packages on Windows.Actually, why does one need to depend on the Microsoft Help compiler? The windows build of GNU makeinfo can generate MS *.hlp file directly. That's more "native" MS windows than CHM files. Hin-Tak Leung
> From: Hin-Tak Leung > > Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > > I wonder if the software here: > > > > http://morte.jedrea.com/~jedwin/projects/chmlib/ > > > > or at any of the links on that page might allow elimination of the > > need for separately downloading the Microsoft Help compiler -- > > which is just one more task that one must perform to get > > up and running to build your own R packages on Windows. > > Actually, why does one need to depend on the Microsoft Help > compiler? The windows build of GNU makeinfo can generate MS > *.hlp file directly. That's more "native" MS windows than CHM > files. > > Hin-Tak LeungPersonally my order of preference is CHM > plain text > HLP Isn't it true that even MS is moving away from HLP? Andy
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